The British Reversionary Territories are generally believed to include the following: Anguilla, Antigua, Ascension Islands, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, British Antarctic Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Canada, Cayman Islands, Central and Southern Line Islands, Channel Islands, Cyprus, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Federated Malay States, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Borneo, Pakistan, Pitcairn Islands, Rendonda, Republic of South Africa, Sarawak, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, Sri Lanka, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tristan de Cunha, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
The Wilmot Proviso called for banning slavery in territories acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War. It aimed to prevent the spread of slavery into these new territories.
The acquisition of an American overseas empire during the late 1890s created legal controversies concerning the extension of constitutional rights and protections to people in newly acquired territories, such as Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. There were debates over whether these territories were entitled to the same rights and privileges as those in the continental United States.
The Wilmot Proviso, which was a proposed amendment to legislation arising from the Mexican-American War, aimed to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico. Had the Wilmot Proviso been enacted, it would have made slavery illegal in the territories gained during the Mexican-American War.
The concept of popular sovereignty proposed in the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed territories to decide the fate of slavery through popular vote. However, this led to violent conflicts between pro-slavery and antislavery forces as they both rushed to exert influence and secure control in these territories. This escalation of tensions ultimately contributed to the outbreak of the American Civil War.
David Wilmot, a Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania, proposed the Wilmot Proviso in 1846, which sought to ban slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American War. The proviso was never passed into law but fueled tensions over the expansion of slavery in the United States.
Imperialism: He supported American control of territories
Several territories and regions are considered colonies today, including the French Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territories, and American Overseas Territories. These territories are under the control or sovereignty of the respective colonial powers, with varying degrees of autonomy and self-governance.
the territories from Alaska into Oregon
Territories of the United States are governed by the United States, though these territories do not have statehood. The three territories held by the U.S. are the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam.
It became one of the US territories.
The three American territories are Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Guam and Puerto Rico remain US Territories.
The desire for world domination is the primary reason for United States interests in overseas territories.
In the American Civil War this was the name of the territories which were not claimed by states which had joined the breakaway Confederate States.
They still hold Guam and Puerto Rico as US Territories.
They are, from west to east,...American SamoaThe District of ColumbiaPuerto RicoThe U. S. Virgin IslandsGuamThe Northern Mariana IslandsThe District of Columbia, which is the federal district of the U. S., is considered to be "incorporated" with the U. S. The others are considered to be "unincorporated" territories.
The American state of Alaska is north of British Columbia as are the Canadian territories of Yukon the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Yukon and the Northwest Territories directly border BC on the north.